BILL NUMBER: SB 1437	CHAPTERED  07/21/00

	CHAPTER   166
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 21, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 21, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 6, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 29, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 22, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 5, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Johnston

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2000

   An act relating to the payment of judgments and settlement claims
against the State of California, making an appropriation therefor,
and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1437, Johnston.  Judgments and settlement claims against the
state:  appropriation.
   Existing law requires the Attorney General to report to the
Legislature when there is no sufficient appropriation available for
the payment of a claim against the state.
   This bill would appropriate $3,545,000 from the General Fund and
the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund to the
Attorney General to pay judgment and settlement claims in accordance
with a specified schedule.
  The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The sum of three million five hundred forty-five
thousand dollars ($3,545,000) is hereby appropriated from the
following specified funds and accounts to the Attorney General to pay
judgment and settlement claims in accordance with the following
schedule:
   (a) Six hundred ninety-five thousand dollars ($695,000) from the
General Fund for the following settlements:
   (1) Four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the settlement
reached in the case of Reclaimed Island Lands Co. v. Reclamation
District No. 2107, et al. (San Joaquin County Superior Court, Case
No. 004313).
   (2) Two hundred ninety-five thousand dollars ($295,000) for the
settlement reached in the case of Gary D. Hori, et al. v. Commission
on State Mandates, et al. (Sacramento County Superior Court, Case No.
99AS01517).
   (b) Two million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars ($2,850,000)
from the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund for
the following settlement and judgment:
   (1) Three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) for the
settlement reached in the case of Matthew Newton v. State of
California (Orange County Superior Court-Harbor, Case No. 789858).
   (2) Two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) for the
judgment rendered in the case of Figenshu v. California Highway
Patrol, et al.  (Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No.
SC02167).
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to pay judgments and settlement claims against the state
and end hardship to claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary
for this act to take effect immediately.
